Four Jingle Bells

We were at a school assembly and William was so excited to see Spencer after it was over. I thought it was so cute. Brooke got a kid of character award for working hard on her reading.  She was so surprised!  And I was happy that I got to be there. Hailey was super excited to get rice cakes as a treat. We saw this at Target one day.  Pretty funny! We went to Insomnia, a warm cookies and milk place in town.  It was so fun and yummy. Brooke is so cute! She's always had some of the best bedhead. The kids made another awesome fort. Keeping busy on winter days.  Pretty creative! Hailey taped her mouth shut.  Not sure why??!! I love Brooke's dreams.  Flowers make everything better. Having a treat in the fort downstairs.  We stayed home one weekend and watched movies till late at night and slept downstairs.  It was fun. Brooke reading to William.  Great sister in action! Little icicles betwe...

Helping me bake cookies. The recipe is below.  Future generations, this is the best cookie recipe ever! Brooke hatching an evil plan. I've started writing more again and using these prompts that Michelle got me years ago.  It's been fun. Hailey reading a story I wrote.  I love that she likes to read what I write.  I found this old music that we used to listen to on the record player as kids.  The kids got the biggest kick out of it. It was so funny! The kids making up a play at church. Spencer said he was going to read Harry Potter. He kept going back and forth but hasn't finished it.  He just loves history too much! We went to a coding event at the library.  The kids thought it was going to be lame and then it turned out awesome.  Which just proves that they should always listen to me because I know about all the fun activities.  (most of the time) Hailey and her friends wrote a play for an asse...

Now that Hailey has been babysitting, we occasionally get these hilarious text messages. The kids all helped mud the attic. What a time consuming and messy job.  The many faces of William. Dirty after mudding the attic. Slow and steady We went to the Pences for New Years tamales and games.  It was delicious and we enjoyed them for days after.  Blake and Ryan have become good friends. William loves going to the Pences because of all the fun toys there. And when I say toys, I mean Ryan's toys.  He loves the tanks and always asks to play with them when we go over there. Happy New Year! Usually we find Addi and Brooke secretly playing video games. We left at 11;30 because the kids were running out of juice.  They got a second wind so we did the New Years countdown on Netflix. Brooke looking cute and grown up. Brooke found me a heart shaped rock. I have it by the sink. Spencer did a reading challenge over Christma...